Editing Lima, Ohio (section)

==Government==
[[Harry J. Moyer]] was the mayor of Lima from 1974 to 1985 and council president the previous four years. According to [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine Moyer's campaign slogan in 1973 was "Let's get together and make Lima better — without any new taxes" and his "strategy is to merge public funds with private effort".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nation: Refurbishing Lima |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,945037,00.html |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Time}}</ref> Moyer was the city's second-longest-serving mayor and its first to serve three terms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zaborney |first=Mark |title=Harry Moyer Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/harry-moyer-obituary?pid=160763831 |website=Legacy |access-date=28 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Krumel |first=Jim |title=The Berger Years: Part I — Stepping into politics |url=https://www.limaohio.com/news/2021/11/22/the-berger-years-part-i-stepping-into-politics/ |website=Lima Ohio News |access-date=28 July 2024 }}</ref>

Moyer was defeated in a 1989 election by David J. Berger[[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], who served as mayor from December 1989 to November 2021. Upon Berger's retirement in November 2021, his chief of staff, Sharetta Smith, was sworn in as mayor after winning her election earlier in the month.<ref>[http://limaohio.com/news/223341/mayor-berger-files-for-re-election-magnus-seeks-first-ward-seat Mayor Berger files for re-election, Magnus seeks First Ward seat]</ref>

On the federal level, Lima is located in [[Ohio's 4th congressional district]], which is represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jim Jordan]].